Mid-week Samsung's smartphone marketing division kicked off an Exynos 2600 marketing campaign . A short video teaser proclaimed that the upcoming flagship mobile processor has been "refined at the core" and "optimized at every level." Industry experts believe that the 2 nm chip will be deployed within a portion of next wave Galaxy S-series devices. A new product launch window could be scheduled for the first quarter of 2026. Despite freshly optimistic promotional fanfare, certain South Korean industry insiders have expressed doubt about the megacorp's present day foundry capabilities.

Buried at the bottom half of a Money Today SK news article—mostly covering Samsung HBM developments—is a short paragraph that proposes an alternative perspective of the foundry service's SF2 production line status. The report posits that the cutting-edge facility is cutting things a little fine: "Exynos 2600, a 2 nm (GAA) application processor (AP) for smartphones, is expected to enter mass production soon . It is expected to feature in the Galaxy S26 series, which will be released next year. In an unusual move, Samsung Foundry recently released a teaser video for the Exynos 2600." Going back to late September, semiconductor industry insiders believed that high-volume production had started ahead of schedule—citing pleasing progress with "50% yield rates." Partially reaffirming Money Today SK's freshest claim, DigiTimes Asia reported (last week) about a late November initiation of mass production.